Kanti Kumar

Web Manager, WHO/Europe

In a few words

Journalist with 20 years of experience in print, television and online media. Expertise in web content management and experience in managing web site development and redesign projects.

Skills

Team management

I have extensive experience working in and leading teams from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds. I have led teams of different sizes, from 2 persons to 15-20 people, throughout my career. In so doing, I have acquired the ability to establish clear targets at both team and individual level, and to put in place monitoring systems to ensure implementation of deliverables according to schedule. I also work hard to establish and maintain a good esprit de corps as well as provide team members the opportunity to develop professionally.

Communications

I am a trained and experienced journalist with strong communication skills. Having worked in different mass media: print (newspapers, magazines, journals), TV (newschannels) and the Web (daily news sites, thematic gateways, corporate sites), I have a sound knowledge of how various media can be effectively deployed as part of corporate communications strategies. I also bring valuable experience in identifying and developing the policies necessary to support those strategies.

Web project management

I have several years of experience in managing web building and redesign projects. I have built and launched several web sites and revamped two web sites. Some samples are listed on the right. My expertise is in tender development for CMS vendors, designing information architecture, developing taxonomy, and implementation of innovative technological solutions for web functionalities.

Digital strategy

I have extensive experience in managing content for different types of web sites: news media, NGOs and UN organizations. I have expertise in editing and producing web content, setting up and managing its workflow, developing content policy and guidelines, and formulating effective content presentation on web sites.

Jan 1999 - Mar 2000

Associate Producer

Produced live news bulletins for Sahara TV channel, a unit of the Sahara India Pariwar. Assisted reporters in writing stories in specific format, produced stories and finalized the editorial as well as the visual/graphic format of bulletins.

Aug 1994 - Jan 1999

Associate Producer (News)

Business India Group

In TVI - the satellite channel of the Business India Group, the first private news channel to be launched in India - I was part of the core group of producers and independently handled eight to ten-hour shifts that put 30-minute live bulletins on air.

Jan 1994 - Aug 1994

Chief Copy Editor

Published the satellite Madras (Chennai) edition of The Economic Times, one of the leading financial dailies in India. This involved news desk and production supervision, and coordination with various centres.

Hobby: Photography

References

References

Christine McNab

"Kanti has good ideas, and is proactive in implementing them. I appreciate his professional, proactive and straightforward way of working."

Caroline Stiebler

"Having worked with Kanti for two years in UNV, I can only say this: If you want someone as your web editor, go for Kanti, run, head hunt, pay him a bribe (which he might not accept), hire him and be sure that your web site or web portal is updated, interesting, interacitve and whatever else you may want it to be."

Douglas Evangelista

“Kanti is a very creative, imaginative and meticulous writer, a natural communicator. Dedicated worker, in whatever group he becomes part to, and good team member or team leader.”

Ad de Raad

"Kanti is a resourceful and solution-oriented person, able to produce quality work under pressure. He has demonstrated leadership skills, and at the same time, has proven to be an excellent team player too..."